Machine for treating ramie and sugar-cane



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L. U. PASNAGHT.

MAUHINE FOR TREATING RAMIE AND SUGAR CANE.

No. 824,674. r Patented. Aug; 18, 1885,

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LOUIS URSPRUNG FASNAOHT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MACHINE FORTR EATING RAMIE AND SUGAR-CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 324,674, dated August 18, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that I, LOUIS URSPRUNG Fas- NAOHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Treating Rainie and Sugar-Cane, of which the following is a description.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken through the drier and rollers and partially through the decorticator, of which the whole machine consists. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the whole machine looking downward from above, with the top part of the inclosing-casings of the drier and the decorticator removed.

This invention relates to machines for treating ramie and other vegetable fiber after it has been subjected to the action of crushingrolls; and it consists in the detailed construction of the parts hereinafter fully described m d claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

A is the decorticator, B the rollers, and O is the drier, of which the whole machine consists.

The decorticator and desiccator are provided with a chute, a, through which the ramie or cane enters the machine after having been acted upon by the crushingrolls, which are not shown in the drawings, as they do not form a portion of the machine. The decortieator is further provided with a series of blunt knife-blades, D, mounted upon shafts d,which are pivoted in the casing of the decortieator and furnished with handles (1, so that the said kniteblades can be turnedv and made to lie clear of the revolving knives when it is required to clean them or to clear away accumulations of fiber.

E are stops, and e are catches attached to the outside of the decorticator-casing, for holdmounted in frames 12, and provided with pulleys b for driving them.

The drier 0 consists of a hollow casing having a flat bottom, 0, over which the ramie fiber is passed. Beneath the bottom 0 is a hollow chamber, a, which is kept filled with steam from the exhaust of the engine or live-steam from the boiler. The steam enters through the pipes 0 and as it condenses in the chamber c it passes out by the pipe 0", which conveys it to the decorticator. This hot water can have chemicals added to it before it enters the decorticator, which will wash and bleach the ramie fiber. After having passed through the drier, the ramie fiber is ready for baling. Rollers 0* are provided, one at either end of the drier, for assisting the onward passage of the fiber.

This machine may also be used for the extraction of saccharine matter from bagasse after it has been passed through the mill. The bagasse is subjected to the action of steam and hot Water in the decorticator in the same manner as the ramie fiber, only the vertical knifeblades are turned down. It then passes through the rollers to the drier, as before described.

The water containing saccharine matter is evaporated in the usual manner after it is let out of the deoorticator.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A machine for treating ramie and sugarcane, consisting of a decorticator or desiccator provided with revolving and stationary knife-blades, rollers for pressing out the water from the fiber, and a drier provided with a hollow steam-chamber underneath the bot tom, over which the said fiber is passed, substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for treating sugar-cane and ramie, the combination of the decortieator A, l provided with the vertical knife-blades D and the revolving knife-blades F, the rollers B, mounted in frames 6, and the drier 0, provided with the flat bottom a and the hollow steam-chamber c beneath it, substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for treating sugar-cane and ramie, the combination of the deoorticatorcasing provided with the chute a and the pipe (0*, the knife-blades D, mounted on shaft (2, having handles d, the stops E, the catches e, and the revolving knife-blades F, mounted on shafts f, provided with driving-pulleys f, substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS URSPRUNG FASNAOHT.

Witnesses:

ANDREW HERO, J 1:, HENRY GOVAN. 

